Re: [ADMIN] deciding between amd and intel processor

2012-03-23 Thread Imre Oolberg
Hi! Lots of thanks for your attention and comments! This time we went with Dell AMD, with matching memory and processor speed of 1600 MHz, 6 x 600 gb 10k harddisks we intend to use in three mirrors striped together. We didnt yet dare to include SSD in pure form or with H700 CacheCade.

Re: [ADMIN] deciding between amd and intel processor

2012-03-20 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Imre Oolberg i...@auul.pri.ee wrote: Hi! My comerade has to decide for his so to say generic and a bit unpredicted PostgreSQL needs for web applications between Intel and AMD based server. For now it has been coming down to these processor choices 1. Dell

Re: [ADMIN] deciding between amd and intel processor

2012-03-20 Thread Scott Marlowe
As a followup to my previous post, if you get a solid white box, you could build a machine for $17k that will beat the two previously listed machines pretty badly, and in a small form factor as well. Take one of these: http://www.aberdeeninc.com/abcatg/mb1661.htm and throw 4 16C AMDs and 128G